OVERHAUL CONSTITUTION, SANGWA DEMANDS…Programmes will not be achieved with flawed lawsBy GRACE CHAILE LESOETSATHE entire Republican Constitution should be overhauled immediately if the UPND Alliance Government has to achieve its ambitious plans, says Constitutional Lawyer and State Counsel John Sangwa.Mr Sangwa said President Hakainde Hichilema cannot achieve all the ambitious programmes he has in a flawed constitutional framework.He said the new administration is better placed to carry out the process of overhauling the Constitution because it enjoys more support than any other before.Mr Sangwa said in an exclusive interview that the revision of the Constitution should start now and a referendum held by July next year.“You can’t just address the economy without addressing the legal framework within which the economy will perform. The President talked about a lot of things in his speech, and those things cannot be undertaken in a vacuum. “You need to provide a constitutional foundation, or frame work in which he can […]
OVERHAUL CONSTITUTION, SANGWA DEMANDS
